Legal Opinion

Williamson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 6, 1966No. 42128Published

1Opinion of the Court

Nichols, Presiding Judge.

1. “Where a motion to withdraw a plea of guilty in a criminal case is made after the sentence is entered in writing and handed to the clerk, the granting or refusal thereof is in the sound discretion of the trial judge and will not be set aside unless abused.” King v. State, 91 Ga. App. 388 (85 SE2d 637).

2. In the present case where the defendant was represented by counsel at the time the plea of guilty was entered and where during his statement to the court in connection therewith the defendant admitted every element of the crime alleged in the indictment, and where…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. King v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955

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